Financial Education
Osmel Almaguer, a Cuban immigrant in Brazil, shares in his diary how financial education has transformed his economic life after arriving with debts. He highlights the need to generate extra income and resist temptations to improve financial health. In his experience as a butcher and delivery worker, he emphasizes discipline as key to progress.
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A 40s male company employee from Kanagawa Prefecture worries that his late-70s parents' habit of giving his middle school son money frequently is harming the boy's grasp of money's value. Though he understands their desire to spoil their grandson whom they see only a few times a year due to distance, they ignore his requests for prior discussion and continue secretly. Education commentator Naoki Ogi advises openly discussing concerns with the son and holding onto gifts until adulthood.